Bottle-stopper.



No. 658,66I. Patented Sept. 25, I900.

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NITE STATES ATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP LINDEMEYR, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE MARYLANDSTOPPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,661, datedSeptember 25, 1900.

Application filed June 11, 1900- Serial No. 19.792. K110 model-J T0 ctZZwhom it may concern.

Be it known that I, PHILIP LINDEMEYR, a resident of Baltimore city, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled. in the art to which it pertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to bottle-stoppers, and has for its object toprovide an efficient stopper primarily designed for bottles or othervessels holding their contents under a pressure above the normal andwhich can be conveniently manipulated either to close or open thebottle.

The invention consists in the construction herein described and pointedout.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of thebottle-stopper on a bottle-neck. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thesame. Fig. 3 comprises three plans of bottle-mouths provided withcap-engaging faces. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the stopper,thecork-holder being shown in raised situation within its case with itsscrew-threads disengaged from the threads of the case. Fig. 5 is atransverse section taken through the stopper-frainc-supporting band.Fig. 6 is a bottom view of a cap, with plain faces adapted to engagesimilar faces on a bottle, such as indicated in the left-hand plan ofFig. 3.

Numeral 1 denotes a cork-holder, and 2 a cork.

3 is a case to receive the upper end 4 of the cork-holder, which mayhave a diameter less The holder has an exterior screw-thread near theupper end of its smaller part 4, by which it is adapted to be screwed inthe case, the latter having a suitable interior thread next its lowerend. The construction is such that the holderthread can be disconnectedfrom the casethread above the latter and so that the holder has freelengthwise play between the case-top and its thread.

3 denotes a spring opposing this play and holding the lower end of thecorkholder thread in situation to engage the upper end of thecase-thread, so that the rotation of the case will engage the threadswith certainty. Said play, limited by the spring, permits thecork-holder when not connected by its thread to the case to be pushed upin said case, and provision is thus made for easily swinging the corkholder in alinement with the bottlemouth.

6 is a stop to prevent the holder from being screwed out of the case.This stop is conveniently made integral with the case and bent inwardlyand against or very close to the holder below its thread.

The corkholder when seated on the bottleneck is locked against rotationthereon by any suitable engagement therewith. In Fig. 3 the bottle-neckis shown provided with plain exterior faces 7, which engage like facesSin the cap. The number of these'faces may vary, one on each part beingoperative. By the use of a number uniformly placed a slight rotation ofthe holder with respect-to the bottle will cause their respective facesto register'. If the bottle-faces are made con vex, as indicated at 7 inFig. 3, and the holder provided with similar faces, a like effect isproduced. Preferably these faces disappear in the surface of the bottleat their lower end and the corresponding faces at their upper end in theholder to avoid lodging-places for refuse.

It is obvious that with the described construction the holder can beplaced on the bottleneck by a movement in the line of the axis of thecap. This may be efiected by gravity or by a spring 3 situated betweenthe cork-holder and holdercase.

The holder-case 3 is held on the bottle in operative relation to theholder by wire arms 9, preferably integral with a cross portion 10. Thewire arms 9 pass through perforated lugs 11, formed on the case.

l2 denotes shoulders or bonds, which hold the case up against thecross-wire 10. The lugs 11 may be compressed on the wires sufficientlyfor this purpose Without the use of the shoulders 12. In practice,however, it is preferred after forming the thread in a thin metal caseto bend the wires to fit the threads of the case on their exterior, asindicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The cross-wire 10 will preferably be sunk inasuitable groove 10 ,formed in the holder. By these meansithe case andwire or wires are firmly secured together. They consiit ute a frame tosupport and carry the cork-holder vertically adjustable in said frame.

The arms 9 are pivotally connected to a band 13, situated in a groove14, formed in the bottle-neck. In the bottom of groove 14 is a smallergroove 15, which receives the bentand enlarged ends 9 of the wire arms9, as shown. It also receives so much of the band-closing tongue 16 aslies on the inside of the band. The tongue onone end of the band ispassed into the groove15 under the other end of said band and outthrough a slot 17, at which point it is bent back and its end passedthrough a slot 18 in the other end of the band, so that its free endlies in groove 15. No loops or oflsets for the tongue are required inthe band, the outer surface of which is practically continuous with thatof the bottle-neck.

The described devices having been assembled and connected by the band toa bottle or other vessel, the cork-holder being unscrewed from its casewith its upper screwthreaded end above the case-threads, and the caseand holder swung to one side, the bottle can be stoppered by swingingthe caseiand holder over the bottle-mouth and adjusting the holder onthe bottle and turning the case to cause its thread to engage theholder-thread, whereupon the case, wire, and band can be turned to screwand force the holder down and firmly seat it upon the bottle andcompress its cork upon the bottle-lip. For this last operation the wire,case, and band can be grasped and manipulated as a unit with theadvantage of using practically the full power of the hand. The openingof a bottle may be effected in like manner by a reverse movement, andgas may be allowed to escape by degrees and non-explosively.

Cork-holders have heretofore been manipulated by swinging frames. Myimprovement provides that the holder can be readily adjusted in itssupporting-frame so that when swung to register with the bottle-mouth itwill entirely clearit, being at such time freely movable lengthwise inthe frame. It also provides for a subsequent engagement of the holderwith the frame and with the bottle,

the engagement with the frame being a screwthread connection whereby theframecan be used to firmly seat the cork-holder and cork upon thebottle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. For use in closing avessel, a freely-mov- 1 able frame, a cork-holderfreely movable.

lengthwise in the frame and adapted to be connected at will to saidframe bya screwthread connection, and means to lock the holder againstrotation on the vessel, the frame being rotatable and adapted to forcethe holder upon the vessel-mouth.

3. For use in closing a vessel, a rotatable cork-holder case,.acork-holder in said case .andhaving interior faces toengage faces on amovable frame operativelyconnecledtothe holder to force the [holder onthe vessel, the holder being adapted to be separated from the vessel andmoved .to a situation in the frame where it is freely movable eitherlengthwise or rotarily.

6. A vessel having grooves 14 and 15, a band seated in groove 14, acork-holder-supporting frame having sidemembers provided with pivots 9passin g through the band into groove 15.

7. A vessel having grooves 14 and. .15, a

band seated in groove 14, a cork-holderesupporting frame havingsidemembers provided with pivots 9 passing throughthe band into groove 15,said band having its ends connected by a tongue lying in said lattergroove.

8. A vessel provided with a groove in its neck to receive aframesupporting band, the frame having pivots, and a cork-holdersupported bysaid frame, and said groove having a groove in its bottom toreceive the framepivots.

9. A cork-holder, a cork-holder-supporting frame comprising a case forsaid holder movable With the frame and comprising wires fixed to thesides of the case, said Wires havinginwardly-turned pivots entering adepression in the neck of a vessel.

10. A cork-holder, a cork-holder-supporting frame comprising a case forsaid holder movable with the frame and wires fixed to the sides ofthecase and having pivots to engage the neck of a vessel, said case havingperforated case-lugs to receive the wires fixed therein.

11. A cork-holder, a cork-holder-supporting frame comprising a casehaving screwthread connection with the holder, and wires adapted to holdthe frame to a vessel and fixed to the sides of the case by bends in theWires conforming to the case-threads.

12. For use in closing a vessel, a. cork-holder having screw-threadsnear its top, a holdersnpporting case having similar threadsnear itsbottom whereby the holder can be screwed into the case and thereuponforced upon a bottle,said holder-threads being adapted to be IIOdisengaged to permit the holder to be freely moved end wise between thecase-threads and case-top.

13. For use in closing a vessel, a cork-holder having screw-threads nearits top, a holdersupporting case having similar threads near its bottomwhereby the holder can be screwed into the case and thereupon forcedupon a bottle,said holder-threads being adapted to be disengaged topermit the holder to be freely moved endwise between the case-threadsand case-top,and a stop to prevent the holder from removal from the caseby unscrewing.

14. The combination of a vessel, a corkholder, and a cork-holder case,said holder being non-rotatable and the case rotatable when the formeris seated on the bottle.

15. The combination of a vessel, 2. corkholder, a cork holder case, saidcase and holder having a screw thread connection, means to hold the caseto the vessel, and a spring to insure the engagement of the holderthreadwith the case-thread when the parts are disengaged and preparatory toscrewing them together.

16. A vessel having a circular mouth provided with a plurality of facesabout said month on its exterior, a cork-holder having correspondingfaces, and a rotatable corkholder case to cause the engagement of thesimilar bottle and holder-faces and seat the cork.

17. In combination with a cork-holder, a cork-holdercase closelyembracing the holder and closed at its top to exclude refuse from theconnection, said closed holder-case top having a groove in its top toreceive a holderframe wire.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwosubscribing Witnesses.

PHILIP LIN DEMEYR.

Witnesses:

G. W. BALLOOH, BENJ. R. CATLIN.

